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1969 - 1980
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1983
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1975 - 2000
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June 2000
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NIGERIAN LIVE
The Boom Years 1980 - 1990

AGADJA BEACH I
Agjada on the Lagos Lagoon, the early days 1970-72 with the Swiss Club
AGADJA BEACH II
Agjada on the Lagos Lagoon, near Badagry, our weekly routine...
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At Agadja we built a Beach Resort under the Coconut Palmtrees . This was an hour boat ride up the Lagos Lagoon from Ikoyi. and than a 15min. hike to the Atlantic Ocean. For 11 years this was our weekend avctivity. Kombla was then our caretaker and became later our cook at the Crocodile Bar. We had always good fun and our many visitors loved the place. Of course there was always plenty of cold beer and food. We had our share of problems with the boat engine. We spent many hours somewhere on the lagoon, waiting for someone who could tow us home. Because of robbers (Nigeria!), which also attacked on the waterways, such breakdowns where not very funny! When the Badagry Bridge was constructed, the beach could be reached by car. I sold the boat. It became too cumbersome and expensive to maintain both, the boat and the aircraft! On top of it, after leaving our residence in Ikoyi, the way to the jetty became long and with the ageing of the trailer additional problems crept up!
I purchased a fast & comfortable GLASTRON speedboat with a Mercruiser Z-Drive 220hp. On its trailer we could transport the boat from our home at Bourdillion Road, Ikoyi to a slipway nearby. We had very scenic waterways up the Lagos Lagoon, stretching into Benin.

CESSNA 206 5N-AIU
Gboko Airstrip, Benue State  1980
My first plane was a CESSNA 172 and was ditched into the Lagos lagoon by a friend. With the insurance money I acquired a CESSNA 206. We fitted a new engine, a Continental IO-520-F (300 PS), a 3 blade constant speed propeller and new set of Sperry Avionics. To fully utilize the aircraft I added the IR (Instrument Rating) in Fort Worth (Texas) and the the CPL / Multiengine Rating in Reno (Nevada / USA) to my license. The modern Avionic allowed me to fly in (almost) any weather but this could become sometimes rough in a tropical Thunderstorm. Tired of the toppled artificial horizon I also installed an electrical one and the problem was solved. I even considered a Stormscope to avoid the worst Thunderstorm cells. The price of US$ 5'000 prevented it!

I had a lot of "expiriences" with my Cessna, and its loss was painful. We almost purchased a Piper Navajo and arranged the ferry flight to Nigeria but the military coup, declining business, the loss of my investment in Summit Aviation and other "minor" disasters, depleted my funds and recovery was not in sight. All came to a crashing end. Quite literally!
Trip around Nigeria
with Mami, Sandra and Nancy  1990
My mother visited us in summer 1990 and we decided to make am extended tour around Nigeria. So we started in Lagos with 2 vehicles, the Range Rover driven by myself and a Landcruiser with the trusted Salomon as driver. Mami, Sandra, Nancy our driver and myself where in the party. Via Kaduna and Kano to the Yankari Game Reserve. Than we headed south towards Enugu and spent some time at the Abraka River Resort. From there via Benin City back to Lagos. It was an interesting trip with many highlights.
"Pig from the Spit"
by our "Chief Cook" Kombla
On special occasions we slaughter a pig and slowly roast it over the open fire. Before Kombla slit the throat of the poor pig, we gave him one or two bottles of beer to make his end less dreadful. So at least we hoped. The roasting normally started as early as 07:00 and the pig was done at around 17:00.

A nice crisps crust was essential and once again beer helped to achieve the result. At this stage you cannot poor it in it's mouth but over it. This has to be done in regular intervals and since the cook also took advantage of the procedure, he himself was pretty well done at the end.

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